Speed-regulated motor



G. R. KUNKLE' SPEED REGULATED MOTOR July 8 1924.

Filed Auz. 26. 19?.) 2 Sheets-Sheet l @ege/amm@ I N VEN TOR.

H/ A TTORNEYS July 8 1924.

G. R. KUNKLE SPEED REGULATED MOTOR Filed Aufl. 26.

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Patented July s, 1924.

UNITED STATES GEORGE n. xUNxLE, or ELYRIA, oHIo.

SPEED-REGULATED MOTOR.

Application led August 26, 1921.

To all 'whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, GEORGE R. KUNKLE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Elyria, in the county of Lorain and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Speed-Regulated Motors; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, concise, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use' the same.

My invention relates to speed regulated motors, and particularly to mot-ors of such size and kind as are adapted for such purposes as driving the turn-table of` a phonograph at a uniform rate of speed.

It is an object of my invention to provide a motor of the type above referred to which will be capable of having its rotor directly connected to the turntable load, without the l'e'of reducing gears, belts, pulleys or the It is a further obje-ct of my invention to provide lsuch a motor as will not be excessively slow in starting the rotation of the turntable, and which will soon cause the turntable to acquire its desired predetermined speed, and which when such speed is attained will not exceed such predetermined rotational speed.

Another object of my invention is to provide suoli a motor wherein the armature and field are both capable of rotation at the same time.

Another object of my invention is to accomplish the aforesaid objects in a structure which will be simple and relatively inexpensive to manufacture, and which will remain in proper operating adjustment for considerable periods of time, with little or no attention.

Other objects of my `invention and the-invention itself will be better understood from a description of the drawings accompanying this specification and forming a part k thereof. In the drawings- Fig. l is a top plan view of the electric motor of my invention, in which view a portion of the speed governing mechanism is shown. l Y

Fig. 2 is a side elevational view, with a portion kof the frame shown in vertical cross section, of my improved motor and speed controlling means therefor.

Fig. 3 is a vertical cross section of a portion of the motor structure exposing the Serial No. 495,756.

field coils and current collector rings for leading current thereto, the section being `taken on the line 3 3 of Fig.l l.

Fig. 4 is a vertical cross sectional view, taken on the line 5 5 of Fig. 1, of the bearings and a portion of the supporting frame and a portion of the frame of the field structure. The rotatable armature and armature shaft is herein shown in side elevation.

Fig. 5 is a cross sectional view, on the line 5,-5 of Fig. 1, of that portion of the frame containing the brushes adapted to make connection with the collector rings shown in Figs. 2 and 3.

In the operation of automatic motors for particular purposes, such as for turning the turntable of a phonograph, it is very important that the phonograph turntable be rotated at a definite, predetermined speed and that the speed be maintained at a constant rate, even though t-he bearings friction, the load of the phonograph reproducer needle on the turntable supported record, or the power of the exciting electrical current supplied to the motor be variable. I

Heretofore it has been pro-posed to accomplish the desired result of controlling the motor speed under the Various conditions of use in a number of ways, among them being simply the use of an ordinary friction governor, such as is commonly employed in connection with phonograph spring motors, or

`the use of centrifugally operated electrical contacts'placed in the electric circuit of a motor adapted to retard the motor speed by throttling the supplied current whenever a predetermined speed is exceeded. c

The above and-numerous other expedients proposed to take care of thebregulation of speed for electric phonograph motors have been tried, but in practice have not met with unqualified success, in any case, for the following reasons: First, that where intermittently operated electric contacts are made, the contacts areA in one of the motor circuits and interrupt an electric current,

with a consequent sparking or arcing at the contacts to corrode the same. This corrosion varies the adjustment of the contacts, or the resistance of the circuit completed between them, or both, with consequent variation of the resultant motor speed. Second, Where the ordinary centrifugally operated friction brake is employed to retard the speed of the motor, it 1s found that causes'operative to create a tendency for the motor tovv rapidly increase inl speed cannotbe corrected by the friction governor oper'- ating alone, since the' friction governor does not come into corrective operation until the accelerating cause has produced a considerable'e'ect in increasing the speed of the motor, and that after the motor speed has been thus increased, the mass of the turntable and motor rotor and carried parts is so great as to produceva considerable inertia, which, unless the friction braking effect is made very powerful, will surge in the direction of increased speed before the friction brake can come into play to retard the speed, the result being -a surging. of rotational speed rate of the turntable above and below the predetermined speed; or, where the friction brake is less powerful, the motor will operate at a somewhat higher rate whenever speed increasing causes prevail fo'r any length of time.

Various speed governing means heretofore proposed for the purpose above stated are of the oneor the other type, or of some combination of each. In my present invention, therefore, I eliminate the necessity of kemploying circuit breaking contacts, which t tor being capable of operating at the same I have found to be more or less unreliable, and employ instead a particular kind of motor having both of its oppositely acting magnetic elements made rotatable, that is, b t the armature and the field of the motime, but in opposite directions, the speed of rotation of either pne depending upon' the load'that is applied on the other, there being a differential effect, so to speak, between the two rotating elements.

In connection with this description, I

'wish it to be understood that I do 'not limit my invention to any particular type of motor, and 1t may be of the alternating induetion type, herein illustrated, or ofthe direct y fied that the two co-o current commutator type, or a universaljmo-` tor capable of operatin with direct or alternating currents, it being understood that Whereas in the present embodiment I employ slip rings and co-operatin brushes, in

order toconvey current to t e rotatable field, that I may likewise -em loy slip rings, or a commutator' with brushes, to convey current to the rotating element, various kinds of motors being em loyed in the art at the present time, any o which, I believe, are .capable of use in connection with my invent1on, providingthat they arel somodirating magnetic elements provided in al electric motors are capable of differential rotation, as above re erred to. In connection, therefore, with lmy invention I will not describe specifically the small details of construction of the motor field andy motor armature herein illustrated, it being understood that any well known form of motor field and motor armature adaptable for the purpose (of which thee are many, to my knowledge), may be use Referring now to the drawings, illustrating a preferred embodiment of my invention, and inthe different figures of which drawings like parts are designated by like reference characters, at 2 is shown a motor .shaped member 2, a lower frame portion is provided, having an end plate 6 and connecting bars 7, the said connecting bars being preferably formed integrally vWith the frame 2 and depending therefrom, and being secured to the end member 6 by machine screws 8. The motor armature or inner rotatable magnetic element for the motor is indicated at 9 and the outer magnetic motor element, at 10, said outer element carrying field winding coils 11, the purpose of the said coils beingto project magnetic flux from the field to the armature, in a well known manner.

The field coils 11 are connected by circuit conductors 13l to collector rings 14 and 15, said collector rings being adapted at all times to make contact with motor collector brushes 16 and 17, through which energizing current lis supplied to the field coils 11 from an outside source of current. The

' field 10 has field end frame members 18 and field frame members l18 and 19 both have preferably integrally formed hub portions 21 and 22, the hubiportion 21 supporting the vfield on bearings containing the bearing balls 23 and ball retaining races 24 and 25, the race 25 being tightly secured on the hub 21 and the race 24 being tightly secured within a concavity provided in the centrally `rdisposed portion of the end frame 21 and H22, having end shaft members 32 and. 33. Located within the hub portion 22 above the end shaft member 32 for the armature is placed a cylindrical piece of oilsoaked felt 34, which is adapted to maintain the lubrication of the bearing surfaces of the shaft 32 and the inner surface of the hub 22.

The slip rings 14 and 15, usually constructed of copper or copper alloy, are embedded Withinperipheral slots on the hub 2o 35,r of insulating material, and. which hub is tightly fitted over the portion 26 of the hub member 22. This insulating material may be hard rubber, fiber, bakelite, or other suitable material employed for like purposes.

The saucer-like portion of the motorv frame 2 is provided at its central bottom portion with a preferably integrally formed brush holder frame, of generally inverted so cup shape, having brush receiving openings 36 and 37, together with threaded openings 38 and 39, said threaded openings adapted to receive a set Screw, such set screw being provided for the purpose of tightly securing the fiber bushin which is adapted to be inserted through t e openings 36 and 37, andthrough which fiber bushing a. preferably graphitic brush is adapted to be inserted, in order to contact with the slip collector 4o rings 14 and 15, which are connected tothe field windings of the motor.

The brushholding set screws 4() and 41 ,(Fig. 1) are adapted to co-operate with the threads of the threaded openings 38 and 39,

i so as to be capable of clamping the brushes 17 and 16, lso as to hold them securely in place and with their inner ends in contact 'with the slip rings 15 and 14.' When the motor is to be connected to an external source of electrical power, the incoming power clrcuit conductors will be connected 1 directly to the brushes 16 and 17 in any suitable way, the 'circuit of the conductors being cont-rolled by aswitch of any approved form for applying or disconnecting rthe =exciting current from the motor.

In order to lighten the motor assembly, that portion of the frame 2 is cutout at 42, 43 and 44, leaving that portion of the frame 2 in the form of three spoke-like pieces 45,

46 and 47, there being an integral bridge 48 between the spokes 45 and 47 for a purpose later to be made plain. Supported upon the end of the hub 22 at a portion 27 thereof is 6 a metallic hub or collar 28 carrying the fiber pinion 29, as has been before referred to. This fiber pinion 29 is so threaded as to coact with the threads of the worm gear 30 which mesh therewith, and the shaft .49 which terminates at one end in the worm gear 30 is adapted to be rotated when the electric motor is operative to drive the phonograph turntable; that is, the shaft 49 will rotate at an increased speed under the propelling influence of the rotating field 10.

Although the gear ratio between the pinion 29 and the worm 30 may be made as desired, I prefer to use a ratio, for the purpose herein yset forth, which will cause the worm shaft 49 torotate about thirteen times faster thanthe pinion 29; that is, when the pinion 29 is rotating at the turntable speed of, say 80 R. P. M., the worm gear shaft 49 will be driven at a l'ate of substantially 1040 CarriedL on the shaft 49 is a metallic friction vdisc 50, comprising a hub portion 51, the face 52 of the disc 50 being adapted to contact, when the motor is in operation, with a leather friction pad 53, which is carried on the end. of an adjusting lever having a handle portion 54, the said lever being suitably journalled on a post 55. The post 55 supports the lever member which carries the friction pad 53 and the lever rotates thereon, being frictionally held againstrotation bythe contact made with the post and the securing screw 56 which clamps the lever to the post. By means of the handle 54 the positioning of the friction pad 53 may be adjusted so as to predetermine the speed at which the turntable will be rotated.

Secured to the hub portion 51 of the disc 50 by screws 57 is a plurality of flexible strips 58, which are secured atvtheir other ends to a collar 59, which is rigidly secured to the shaft 49. Weight members 60 are carried on the fiexible strips 58 at their mid points, the effect of. the weights being that when the shaft 49 is rotated by centrifugall force, the weights 60 will fly. outwardly, bowing the strips 58 andsliding the hubbed disc 50 towards the rigidly secured collar 59, and the friction surface 52 of the disc 50 is brought into contact, more or less, depending upon the speed, with the friction pad 453. This is the ordinary friction governor of the art, the effect' of the pressure of the friction pad against the disc face 52 being to retard the speed of rotation of the turntable shaft and to maintain the speed ofthe vturntableshaft substantially constant.

'Both magnetic elements of the motor beice 62, `which are secured to the lower portion of the armature shaft 33 by a clamping nut 63. The clamping nut 63 holds a hub meinber 64 securely in place on the end of the shaft 33 and secured to the hub member 64 and extending therefrom is a plurality of vane-supporting rods 65. The vanes 61 and 62 are resiliently and rotatably carried by the rods 65, being maintained by the springs 66 in their normal, inoperative, peipendicu: lar position. One.v end of each of the springs 66 engages the lower portion of the vane at 67, the spring then encircling in a spiral its supporting rod 65, the other end of the spring being secured rigidly lto the supporting rod 65 by means of tension adjusting y'collars 68, to which the end of the spring is rigidly' secured. l

The collars 68 are adapted to be rotatably moved on the shaft 65 and rigidly set in an adjusted position by means of the set screws 69, so that the tension of the spring 66 may v 'be increased or decreased, as may be desired. The vanes 61 and 62, when the motor is started, being in their normal, perpendicular positions, will engage thevair inl their path, the air acting to retai'd tlierotation of the armature 9 which propel the vanes, and 'in starting, this effect is sufiiciently great, that due to the differential effect of the two magnetic motor elements, the field element 10 will be rotated at an increased'rate of speed; this, because retardving the one element of the pair also causes an increase in speed of the other element, or a tendency towards such increase. As the motor comes into full speed operation by the action of the friction governor operating upon the turntable stem or shaft 31, andctlie vanes 61 and 62 retarding the speed of rotation of the magnetic element 9 through the shaft 33, to which they are sethe varies 61 and 62 by the air in their' path. f

The vanes 61 and 62, of which any desired number may be provided, and which may be immersed in any other fiuid besides air, such as oil or other fiuid, are resiliently held by the springs 66 in their -normallyvertical` position by `stops ,100, but when at high speeds the pressure of the fiuid, such as air, becomes great enough, the springs` 66 A will yieldl and the vanes will rotate about their supporting shafts 65 to take an inclined position, the arrangement being such that the inclination of the vanes 61 will increase towards the horizontal position as the propelling speed of the armature increases. This arrangement provides for less opposition to the armature speed as the armature speed increases.' By such an arrangement in combination with the friction governor acting upon the` field magnetic motor element, a quick starting of the turntained between the rotating field carrying the turntable and the rotating armature carrying the vanes. When so operating'with such a balance, the friction governor maintains the turntable speed at a given maximum speed, the excess'energy which would otherwise cause it to rotate at a higher rate of speed` causing an increase in speed of the armature carrying the varies.

Having thus described my invention in a specific embodiment, I wish it tolbe under- Stood that other numerous and extensive departures may be made from the specific embodiment herei'nillustrated and described for the purpose-of explaining my invention, but without departing from the spirit thereof, the scope of my invention being defined only by the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. In a device of the class described, a

'dynamoelectric machine comprising a pair of rotors, a winding on one of the said rotors adapted to be connected to an outside source of power to energize the dynamo-electric inachine, both of said rotors being independentlyrotatable in opposite directions, a governor driven by one of the rotors, a phonograph turntable .directly` connected to the said rotor, said governor being driven by the said rotor at a higher rate of s eed, and speed controlling means associate with the other rotor, said governor and said speed controlling means being adapted to maintain table may be had and a nice balance mainthe speed of the first rotor at a'predetermined substantially constant speed.

' 2. In a phonograph motor, a pair of rotor elements therefor, both said elements being independently rotatable in opposite directions, an electrical-winding on one of the said rotors adapted to be connected to an outside source of electrical current to energize the same, a phonograph turn-table directly connected to the other said rotorand rotatable thereby, and a speed governor driven by such rotor -to prevent its speedfrom exceeding a predetermined speed, and' a magnetic circuit energized by the said."l winding comprising both saidrotors.

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l In witness whereof, I have hereunto" 'i i signed my name this 16th V1921.

i GEORGE KUNKLE.' 

